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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 25 February 2002 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 25 February, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY
1	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what plans she has for the provision of (a) Braille translation facilities, (b) Braille typing facilities, (c) lip reading training and (d) lip speaking training for honourable Members and their staff.
	(37458)
2	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what steps she is taking to promote awareness of the services available to the blind and visually impaired for contacting honourable Members.
	(37088)
3	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if there is provision for a constituent writing to an honourable Member in Braille to have their letter translated into print and the subsequent reply translated from print into Braille.
	(37089)
4	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what steps she is taking to promote awareness of the services available to the deaf and hard of hearing for contacting honourable Members.
	(37087)
5	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 508W, and following the resolutions of the House of 5th July 2001, what proportion of the new general services budget is earmarked for (a) the provision of special telephone equipment and Braille equipment and (b) training in their use, for the purpose of constituents contacting their Member of Parliament and vice versa.
	(37454)
6	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Advocate General, which provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 she has relied upon with respect to the development of the role of Advocate General that she has embarked upon.
	(37516)
7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37504)
8   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over.
	(36494)
9	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37557)
10   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the (a) quasi-autonomous boards, (b) commissions, (c) agencies and (d) committees and arms of national bodies which are accountable to Government and Parliament and operate on a geographical basis smaller than nation, but larger than district/unitary authorities for each of the Government's defined nations and regions and grouped by (i) economic development, (ii) arts, (iii) sports, (iv) health, (v) training and education, (vi) agriculture, (vii) environment and rural/urban affairs, (viii) transport, (ix) planning, (x) co-ordination of local government, (xi) European Structural funds and (xii) other sectors.
	(36631)
11   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what (a) total budget and (b) per capita funding has been provided for each of the last three years for which records are available to each (i) quasi-automonous board, (ii) commission, (iii) agency and (iv) committee and arms of national bodies which are accountable to Government and which operate on a geographical basis smaller than nation's, but larger than district/unitary authorities for each of the Government's defined nations and regions, grouped by sector.
	(36632)
12	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for his Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37405)
13	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns his Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland.
	(37392)
14	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37501)
15   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in her Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over.
	(36497)
16	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff left the service of her Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many her Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37556)
17   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in her Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36809)
18	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37444)
19	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for her Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37404)
20	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns her Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland.
	(37393)
21   N	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received on the Golden Jubilee celebrations; and if she will make a statement.
	(34238)
22	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the projected increased costs are for a proposed new Wembley Stadium; and how much extra funding the Government will be required to contribute.
	(37561)
23   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the amount was of each award made by the Film Council since 1st April 2000 to organisations in which members of the Board of the Film Council had an interest.
	(36965)
24   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the practice of the Film Council in relation to awards to organisations in which members of the Board of the Film Council had an interest.
	(36967)
25   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the awards made by the Film Council since 1st April 2000 to organisations in which members of the Board of the Film Council had an interest.
	(36966)
26   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the awards made by the Film Council since 1st April 2000 were made to organisations in which members of the Board of the Film Council had an interest.
	(36964)
27   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been paid in awards by the Film Council since 1st April 2000.
	(36849)
28   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the dates of the meetings of the Board of the Film Council since 1st April 2000, stating for each meeting the (a) members of the Board present and (b) awards agreed on.
	(36848)
29   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the steps taken by the Film Council to ensure that no conflict of interest existed when decisions to make awards to organisations in which members of the Board of the Film Council had an interest where taken.
	(36968)
30	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37510)
31   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over.
	(36491)
32   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in his Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36810)
33	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37555)
34	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure he incurred on the decommissioning and clean up of nuclear materials, equipment and facilities in each year since 1997; and how much he expects to incur in this financial year.
	(37248)
35	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether heavy lift aircraft in use by the RAF are equipped with defensive aids and counter measures; and whether he intends that heavy lift aircraft (a) leased and (b) purchased for the RAF in future programmes will be equipped with defensive aids and counter measures.
	(37289)
36   N	Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason members of the RAF Reserve are not eligible to receive the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.
	(36499)
37	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army reside in Scotland; and what the equivalent figure was in each of the last five years.
	(37387)
38	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department was notified of wind-power developments proposed within low-flying training areas; and on how many occasions his Department (a) took no action and (b) prevented the proposal proceeding in the last five years.
	(37255)
39	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the minimum safe distance between a live firing range and a public road.
	(37385)
40	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the development of new accommodation facilities at Kirkcudbright range will be completed.
	(37386)
41	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37449)
42	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) MoD staff and (b) non-military MoD staff have been involved in deployments to (i) Albania, (ii) Romania and (iii) Slovenia in the last three years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.
	(37121)
43	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what surplus military equipment the UK has (a) given and (b) sold at discount values to (i) Estonia and (ii) Slovenia in the last three years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.
	(37120)
44	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment of ground conditions is undertaken before the deployment of cluster bombs; and what alternative weapon is deployed where ground conditions might result in an unacceptably high failure rate.
	(37534)
45	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many police officers were deployed at Faslane on (a) 8th, (b) 11th, (c) 12th and (d) 13th February; and how many MoD police officers have been deployed at the Faslane base in each of the last 12 months.
	(37256)
46	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for his Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37406)
47	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns his Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland.
	(37394)
48   N	Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make an announcement on the details of the privatisation of QinetiQ.
	(36847)
49   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel in receipt of service attributable invalidity pensions incorrectly paid tax but had the mistake rectified by the Army Pay Office in Stanmore before the case of Major Perry was identified.
	(34475)
50   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had regarding the possibility of the EU taking over Amber Fox in Macedonia; and if he will make a statement on his assessment of this development.
	(36845)
51   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many budget holders have not received budgets for the 2002-03 financial year which take full account of the costs of Pay 2000; and if overspend on this item will be an allowable expense.
	(36844)
52   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments have had their recruiting capped in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
	(36846)
53	Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimates are of civilian casualties as a result of US and UK military action in Afghanistan.
	(37300)
54	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37497)
55   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in her Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over.
	(36492)
56   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in her Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36811)
57	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff left the service of her Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many her Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37554)
58	Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the outcome was of the Education and Youth Council held in Brussels on 14th February; what the Government's position was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.
	(37298)
59   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for each local education authority, how many specialist housing units for teachers have been created in the past year.
	(36623)
60   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have dropped out of university at the end of the first year for each university; and of those how many were subsequently re-admitted or started a new course at another university in each of the past three years.
	(36624)
61	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37445)
62	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many out of school clubs which received new opportunities funding since such funding was available (a) have subsequently closed and (b) are operational.
	(37297)
63	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children with statements of special education needs were categorised as autistic in (a) 2001, (b) 1996 and (c) 1991.
	(37422)
64	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children had statements of special education needs in England in (a) 2001, (b) 1996 and (c) 1991.
	(37421)
65	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the special schools in each county in England and the numbers of children with special needs attending each school in (a) 2001, (b) 1996 and (c) 1991.
	(37420)
66	Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to ensure the creation of a sector skills council for the sport and fitness industry.
	(37099)
67	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns her Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and, for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) England, (B) Wales and (C) Northern Ireland.
	(37415)
68	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for her Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37414)
69	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 16 year olds have opted to continue into (a) further and (b) higher education in the Stoke-on-Trent Local Education Authority in each of the last four years.
	(37270)
70	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the local education authority budget in Stoke-on-Trent has been accounted for by the Standards Fund in each year since 1999-2000.
	(37269)
71	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what date the new registration scheme for ILAs was (a) commissioned of and (b) delivered by Capita; when the new scheme was announced and by what means.
	(37535)
72	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints involving potential fraud in the ILA scheme were received by her Department in each month since January 2000; and how many investigations of those complaints were (a) undertaken and (b) completed in each month.
	(37540)
73	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Cap Gemini report on the operation of the ILA scheme was commissioned; when it was due for delivery; when it was delivered; and what response her Department has made to the report.
	(37537)
74	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about ILA money being illicitly drawn down were passed by Capita to her Department for investigation in each month since January 2000; how many of those investigations have been completed in each month; and how many of her staff worked on the investigation of complaints.
	(37538)
75	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who her Department's advisers were on the establishment of the ILA; and what advice they gave on the need for validation on accreditation of learning providers.
	(37536)
76	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about the quality of ILA learning providers were received by her Department in each month since January 2000; and how many investigations of those complaints were (a) undertaken and (b) completed in each month.
	(37539)
77	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to recommend that Britain ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; and when ratification will take place.
	(37526)
78	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made within the Council for Ministers regarding the (a) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and (b) Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; and if she will make a statement.
	(37531)
79	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list (a) consultation papers, (b) circulars and (c) forms issued to farmers by her Department in the past 12 months.
	(37532)
80	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is to (a) public funds and (b) the industry of implementing the (i) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and (ii) Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive in the United Kingdom.
	(37530)
81	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulatory impact assessment she has made of the (a) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and (b) Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive.
	(37529)
82	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the farms in North Yorkshire which became foot and mouth infected premises after their appeal against her Department's decision to cull on their land was upheld by the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
	(37528)
83	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37496)
84   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in her Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over.
	(36487)
85   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in her Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36812)
86	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff left the service of her Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many her Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37553)
87	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Greater London waste has been recycled in each of the last three years.
	(37114)
88	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the waste-burning incinerators that are being used in the Greater London area.
	(37263)
89	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the change has been in COÜof6Ý2 emissions in the UK in the past three years; and what estimate she has made of change in the next three years.
	(37384)
90   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is owed by her Department to auctioneers and valuers in Scotland in respect of work undertaken in controlling and compensating FMD losses; and if she will make a statement.
	(36745)
91	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid in compensation to councils in the UK in respect of damage to roads and infrastructure during the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and if she will estimate the sums still to be agreed and paid.
	(37383)
92	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37442)
93   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government's fishing decommissioning scheme will be funded through budgets solely within the gift of her Department.
	(36636)
94   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the monies allocated through the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Objective 1 Programme to support her Department's commitment to a £6 million decommissioning scheme will be restored.
	(36638)
95   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) timetable and (b) practical requirements of delivering CAP payments to British farmers in euros.
	(36962)
96	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce further legislation to govern veterinary practice.
	(37488)
97	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations she has had on the introduction on new animal health legislation; and if she will make a statement.
	(37489)
98	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns her Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and, for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) England, (B) Wales and (C) Northern Ireland.
	(37416)
99	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for her Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37402)
100   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to involve (a) non-governmental organisations and (b) honourable Members in the (i) preparations for and (ii) attendance at Rio+10 Conference in Johannesburg.
	(36502)
101	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37502)
102   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over.
	(36495)
103	Mr David Cameron (Witney):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many euros have been produced by the Royal Mint; and if he will make a statement.
	(37085)
104	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the retail sector of changes in the level of insurance premiums since 11th September 2001.
	(37262)
105   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what volume of (a) petrol and (b) diesel he estimates is imported annually from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland without UK excise duty being paid.
	(36803)
106   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what volume of heating oil he estimates is sold annually in Northern Ireland for use in the Republic of Ireland.
	(36804)
107   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if a cost benefit analysis of changing the name of the Office of National Savings was carried out; and if he will make a statement.
	(36800)
108   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the items of material which have been removed from the Treasury web site in each of the last four years.
	(36799)
109	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37552)
110   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in his Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36813)
111   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, ref 33768, on the 10 year transport plan, if the unused rail provision in 2000-01 was available for use in 2001-02 under the rules on end of year flexibility.
	(37052)
112   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, ref 33768, on the 10 year transport plan, if the Treasury gave permission for the allocation of additional funding to the 10 year transport plan from the unused rail provision in 2000-01.
	(37053)
113	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 851W, what the value was of the 18 penalties imposed as a result of allegations of WFTC/DPTC fraud made via the anti-fraud hotline; what the value was of the 530 recoveries; if the two prosecutions resulted in convictions and what the sentence received in each case was; and what the cost is of (a) the Benefits Anti-fraud hotline and (b) the Childminder's hotline in 2001-02.
	(37583)
114	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of Customs and Excise have been seconded to the tobacco products strike forces; from which sections the secondments have been made; and whether seconded staff have been replaced.
	(37286)
115	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in each region and nation of the UK, and what percentage of all employees, had earnings below the lower earnings limit for national insurance in each year since 1997; and what proportion of such workers were women.
	(37291)
116	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37453)
117	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total level of public expenditure allocated for the 10 year transport plan was as of (a) the launch of the plan in July 2000, (b) 2nd April 2001, (c) 14th January 2002 and (d) 12th February 2002.
	(37093)
118	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 243W, on funding for the 10 year transport plan, whether there will be a decrease of £1.962bn for payment over the years 2006-07 to 2011-12.
	(37227)
119   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mean average population is of unitary authorities in England.
	(36639)
120   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all unitary authorities by the latest known resident population number.
	(36637)
121   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons he decided not to implement a carbon tax.
	(36791)
122	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for his Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37412)
123	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns his Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland.
	(37400)
124	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department holds a record of the performance of each government department against their public service agreement targets; and if he will make a statement.
	(37068)
125	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which units in the Treasury are responsible for monitoring public service agreements; how many people they each employ; and if he will make a statement.
	(37067)
126	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what activities are carried out by the Inland Revenue with regard to the Child Support Agency; what the costs of these activities are; and if he will make a statement.
	(37519)
127	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) set out for each of the last five years and (b) provide forecasts where available for the next two years of GDP per head for each nation and region of the UK, and as a proportion of UK GDP per head; and what the GDP per head was for each nation of the UK assuming (i) 70 per cent., (ii) 80 per cent. and (iii) 90 per cent. allocation of continental shelf GDP to Scotland.
	(37569)
128	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was (a) household income and (b) individual consumption expenditure in total and as a percentage of the UK total; and what the annual percentage change was in each of the last five years in each nation and region of the UK.
	(37564)
129	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out for each of the last five years, in total, for employment income and self-employed income, for income ranges (a) £5,000, (b) £5,000-£10,000, (c) £10,000-£15,000, (d) £15,000-£20,000, (e) £20,000-£30,000, (f) £30,000-£50,000 and (g) £50,000 plus, the number of people paying income tax, the total amount raised and proportion of UK totals in each nation and region of the UK; and if he will provide estimates for 2002-03 where available.
	(37567)
130	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37508)
131   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over.
	(36489)
132	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37551)
133   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in his Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36814)
134   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British officials will have access to UK nationals held in Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan without the presence of representatives of the US.
	(36512)
135   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that UK citizens held prisoner in Guantanamo Bay are sent before a competent tribunal to determine whether they are entitled to prisoner-of-war status.
	(36509)
136   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the two British nationals who are detained in Kandahar by the US authorities are being held under the conditions of the Geneva Convention.
	(36511)
137   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the US authorities to charge the UK citizens who are detained in Guantanamo Bay with violations of criminal law.
	(36522)
138   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the US Administration regarding the application of Article 5 of the Geneva Convention to prisoners held in US custody in Cuba and Afghanistan.
	(37062)
139   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Government of France concerning oil exploration licences in the Western Sahara by French companies; and if he will make a statement.
	(36615)
140   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he and his officials have had with representatives of the Government of Morocco to discuss the occupation of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.
	(36625)
141   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the expenditure in each of the past five years by the UK Government has been on the Western Sahara people by (a) bilateral projects, (b) UN arrangements and (c) direct funding; and what is expected for the next financial year.
	(36627)
142   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he and his officials have had with the UN Secretary General and his special representative concerning the future of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.
	(36626)
143	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37447)
144	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding has been accorded to Gibraltar under the Interreg III Community Initiative.
	[R] (37222)
145	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding for Gibraltar, in addition to the Interreg III Community Initiative, will be provided following a bi-lateral agreement between the UK and Spain under the Brussels Process.
	[R] (37221)
146	Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list advisers who attended an FCO seminar on 6th January 1999 which discussed the paper 'Building British Influence in the EU' by Charles Grant.
	(37210)
147	Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the seminar on British Influence in the EU; and if he will list (a) those Ministers and (b) the grades of officials who attended.
	(37209)
148	Mr Iain Luke (Dundee East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Indonesian Government on loss of life and displacement of people in the Moluccan Islands and Sulawesi.
	(37259)
149	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will improve the publication and availability to Parliament of relevant draft European directives, decisions and regulations prior to decisions in the Council of Ministers.
	(37102)
150	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Chairman Arafat to encourage a halt in violence by the Fatah faction and Hezbollah.
	(37456)
151	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the Tanzim organisation's assistance in the production of the Kassam 2 rocket.
	(37455)
152	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) embassies, (b) high commissions, (c) consulates and (d) trade and investment offices his Department has in (i) the Federated States of Micronesia, (ii) the Solomon Islands, (iii) the Marshall Islands, (iv) Nauru, (v) Kiribati, (vi) Tuvalu, (vii) Vanuatu, (viii) Fiji, (ix) Tonga, (x) Palau and (xi) Samoa; what the staff numbers are for each; and if he will make a statement.
	(37296)
153	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns his Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland.
	(37395)
154	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for his Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37407)
155	Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he has taken to protect British interests affected by the financial crisis in Argentina.
	(37214)
156	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answers of 12th February, Official Report, columns 162-3W, on the FCO Telecommunications network, at how many missions the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network has installed both telephone systems and network connections; what progress was made in the first two weeks of February 2002 towards the target for February 2002; and if he will make a statement.
	(37069)
157	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the letter of 8th February from the honourable member for Bexhill and Battle, regarding a constituent requiring radiotherapy for cancer.
	(37391)
158	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37506)
159   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over.
	(36488)
160	Mr David Cameron (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug misusers were receiving treatment by type of service in (a) 2000 and (b) 1997.
	(37572)
161	Mr David Cameron (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential places were available for the treatment of drug addicts in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(37103)
162	Mr Martin Caton (Gower):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what locations in the UK cockles have tested positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning when other shellfish have tested negative.
	(37096)
163	Mr Martin Caton (Gower):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the highly toxic form of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning affecting cockles, which does not show the normally typical presence of okadaic acid, was first discovered by the FSA; at what locations; and what research has been commissioned into its causes.
	(37097)
164	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37550)
165   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many promotional sick bags have been sent out by the Food Standards Agency; and at what cost.
	(36801)
166   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in his Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36815)
167   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency patients have been received each month over the past five years at the (a) Whittington, (b) North Middlesex and (c) Royal Free hospital.
	(36616)
168   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to the Commission on Health Improvement on taking evidence from local trade union representatives when they are investigating local health facilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(36613)
169   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each English health authority how many housing units have been (a) disposed of, (b) bought and (c) financed for purchase by specialist staff.
	(36622)
170   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the expenditure in each of the past three years (a) on each health action zone and (b) envisaged for 2002-03.
	(36612)
171   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning the possible re-opening of the Accident and Emergency Department at St Bartholomew's Hospital; and what response he has given.
	(36614)
172	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS Estates was disposed of to a partnership company; and if he will place in the Library (a) the partnership agreement, (b) a list of the unwanted NHS Estates disposed of, (c) the partners in the partnership and (d) the names and interests of the partnership company board.
	(37288)
173	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37441)
174   N	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with suppliers of digital hearing aids to provide a cost effective expansion of the delivery of the technology to the deaf and hard of hearing.
	(36963)
175	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Amendment Regulations.
	(37560)
176	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reintroduce regulations on the NHS charges under the Road Traffic Acts.
	(37559)
177	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Amendment Regulations were revoked.
	(37558)
178	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the number of whole time equivalent nurses performing non-clinical duties with (a) NICE, (b) CHI and (c) the NHS Modernisation Agency.
	(37372)
179	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent nurses are employed in the NHS on non-clinical duties.
	(37371)
180	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means he intends to (a) monitor and (b) improve the efficiency of NHS Professionals.
	(37374)
181	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Commission for Health Improvement will be able to inspect and report on the work of NHS Professionals.
	(37373)
182	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the countries outside the EU where nurses trained, who registered with UKCC in each of the last four years and (b) the number from each such country.
	(37376)
183	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many administrative forms (a) have been and (b) are proposed to be introduced by his Department in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02.
	(37375)
184	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications short of professional training are available to health care assistants and unqualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff.
	(37379)
185	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he has set as regards the ending of mixed sex mental health wards; what progress has been made; and if he will make a statement.
	(37388)
186	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) EU trained nurses and (b) those trained elsewhere registered with UKCC in the year to 31st March 1997.
	(37377)
187	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses were employed by general practitioners in England in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which information is available.
	(37390)
188	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January to the honourable Member for Woodspring, Official Report, column 673W, for what reason it is not possible to ascribe specific financial savings to the work of the NHS Efficiency Task Force.
	(37431)
189	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list health authorities by expenditure per weighted head in the last 12 months.
	(37378)
190	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital and community health services, nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff there were within the community nursing areas of work broken down by qualification and region on (a) 30th September 1996, (b) 30th September 1997, (c) 30th September 1998 and (d) 30th September 1999.
	(37381)
191	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many total nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff there were in each trust in each year from 1997 to 2000; and what the whole time equivalent figures were.
	(37380)
192	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet the Secretary of State for Education in order to discuss training for school staff in the skills and knowledge to ensure children have access to early assessment and support in relation to mental health.
	(37389)
193	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what independent evaluation has been made of the work of health action zones.
	(37382)
194	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publicise the introduction of the EU-wide health card; and if he will make a statement
	(37492)
195	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will change the rules whereby women who worked for the NHS prior to 6th April 1988 do not have their contributions to the superannuation scheme prior to that date counted towards the calculations of their widower's pension, whereas male contributions prior to that date are counted towards their widow's pension.
	(37106)
196	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children who have been diagnosed with autism and born since 1990 are male.
	(37419)
197	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what age autism is most commonly diagnosed.
	(37418)
198   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been (a) made available to and (b) spent by the NHS on the provision of silicone cosmesis for artifical limb users since April 2001.
	(36792)
199   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding will be made available to the NHS by his Department for the provision of silicone cosmesis for artifical limb users in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.
	(36793)
200	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will conduct a national audit of mental health beds.
	(37217)
201	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of psychiatric extra-contractual referrals of offenders since 1997.
	(37220)
202	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of psychiatric extra contractual referrals to the private sector since 1997.
	(37219)
203	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the shortage of mental health beds.
	(37216)
204   N	Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 380W, on palliative care, if he will estimate the percentage of the additional £50 million to go to the specialist palliative care costs which will be available to the voluntary sector hospices.
	(37054)
205	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance he has made available to (a) local authorities and (b) private and voluntary sector residential homes for the elderly to help them bring those homes up to the standards set by the Government.
	(37215)
206	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns his Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and, for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) England, (B) Wales and (C) Northern Ireland.
	(37417)
207	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for his Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(37403)
208	Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many haemophiliacs have not received compensation for blood borne diseases which they may have contracted as a result of blood transfusions; and in what circumstances claims are rejected.
	(37204)
209	Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many haemophiliacs have received compensation for blood borne diseases contracted as a result of blood tranfusions; and what criteria are used to determine (a) entitlement and (b) the level of compensation.
	(37203)
210	Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which site in the Bicester area has been identified as a potential location for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers.
	(37078)
211	Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the sites that have been identified as potential sites for accommodation centres for asylum seekers.
	(37098)
212	Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people he plans to accommodate in accommodation centres for asylum seekers; what length of average stay is planned; and what range of facilities will be provided.
	(37077)
213	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the (a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant.
	(37511)
214   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are seconded from police authorities to (a) the National Criminal Information Service, (b) the Police Staff College, (c) police training centres, (d) the International Police Task Force in Bosnia and (e) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
	(36806)
215   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the cost borne by the Dorset Police Authority of secondments to (a) the NCIS, (b) the Police Staff College, (c) police training centres, (d) the International Police Task Force in Bosnia and (e) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
	(36805)
216	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age.
	(37549)
217   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas visits have been undertaken by parliamentary private secretaries in his Department at departmental expense in each of the last four years; and at what cost to public funds.
	(36816)
218   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the best value performance indicators for police authorities for 2002-03; and which indicators have been (a) deleted and (b) added since 2001-02.
	(36807)
219   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out the reasons underlying the changes in ministerial priorities for police authorities for 2002-03 since 2001-02.
	(36808)
220   N	Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers he has to seek reimbursement of the costs of the Lancet inquiry.
	(36515)
221   N	Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider referring the issues raised by the Lancet inquiry back to the Crown Prosecution Service.
	(36516)
222   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people, within his anti-terrorist powers, have been (a) held in detention, (b) appealed against this and (c) used the opportunity of judicial review; and if he will make a statement.
	(36628)
223   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were held, by venue, under immigration law, at the latest available date.
	(36629)
224   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each English police authority, how many specialist police houses have been sold in the past three years.
	(36620)
225	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers given to the honourable Member for Manchester Central on 18th December 2001, Official Report, columns 231-6W, and the honourable Member for Tynemouth on 18th December 2001, Official Report, column 242W, if he will clarify the numbers of (a) uniformed and (b) civilian staff employed by Northumbria police in September 2001.
	(37579)
226	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities exist to help women who have been trafficked into the UK to return to their homes; and if he will make a statement.
	(37200)
227	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have been trafficked into the UK from other European countries in each of the last three years.
	(37199)
228	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department has taken with other European countries to stop the trafficking of women from those countries into the UK.
	(37198)
229	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what police services exist between the UK and other European police forces to combat the trafficking of women from European countries into the UK.
	(37201)
230   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) left the profession and (b) been recruited in Coventry in each year since 1997.
	(36501)
231   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the shortfall is in police officer numbers in Coventry; what measures are being taken to increase these numbers; and if he will make a statement.
	(36500)
232	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the recent projects inspired by the Victims' Charter which have been put into place which give victims the opportunity to explain how crime has affected them.
	(37070)
233	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether criminals in prison who are victims of crime receive the support of the Witness Service at the Crown Court.
	(37072)
234	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how criminals in prison are informed of the Victim Support Service; and how many visits have been undertaken by the Victim Support Service to prisoners who have alleged that they have been sexually abused, broken down by prison since inception of the service.
	(37074)
235	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminals in prison who are victims of crime (a) have been taken to visit courts before their case is started and (b) have had seats reserved for a friend or relative, broken down by area since inception of the service; and what recent research he has undertaken to examine the link between abused children and their potential to become abusive adults.
	(37073)
236	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when criminals in prison who are victims of a crime are informed of the criminal injuries compensation scheme; what the eligibility criteria are which are used by the CICS to determine if an application is acceptable; how many (a) ex-prisoners and (b) prisoners who have been victims of serious crime have received compensation from the CICS in each of the last five years; how much compensation such people have received; and what the basis was of each award.
	(37075)
237	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letters of 9th May 2001, 26th June 2001 and 28th August 2001 from the honourable Member for Cunninghame South about Mr David Stevenson of Irvine, Ref: C/W3/1306/RB/BHD.
	(37066)
238	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years.
	(37448)
239	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 56W, on Brixton Police, how many staff were absent during the period; and what the total number of staff is at Brixton Police Station.
	(37514)
240	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 56W, on Brixton Police, if he will list the periods during 2001 when Brixton Police were unable to accept telephone reports of minor crime.
	(37515)
241	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 56W, on Brixton Police, for what reasons staff were absent during the periods in question.
	(37513)
242   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of days sickness absence per year was for (a) police officers and (b) support staff in the Cheshire Constabulary in each of the past five years.
	(36508)
243   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Cheshire on the level of sick leave in the force; and if he will make a statement.
	(36506)
244   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of days sickness absence was in each of the past five years for police officers in (a) Cheshire and (b) other forces in the North West.
	(36507)
245   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance he has given to police forces on ways of minimising absence due to illness.
	(36505)
246	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will make a substantive reply to the letter of 29th January from the honourable Member for Thurrock concerning his constituent, Andrew Palmer of East Tilbury; and if he will make a statement.
	(37435)
247	Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many male prisoners from Wales are held in prison in England, broken down by offences for which they are held.
	(37119)
248	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on anti-semitism in the UK